Music - Midbrow (Page 54)

Screen Savors

Dream House: Inside Music + Video Asian Arts Initiative 1219 Vine St. Philadelphia Through Aug. 3, 2024 At the exhibit Dream House: Inside Music + Video, I found myself surrounded by a

Nora Grace-Flood

9 Jun 2024 · 4 min read

Three’s Harmony

“Everything’s meant to be broken / Everything’s meant to pass …” Alex Blair wrote those words back in junior high or high school; he’s not sure of the exact

Paul Bass

7 Jun 2024 · 1 min read

LA

Syd Barrett Roosts In Robyn Hitchock’s Head

ROBYN HITCHCOCK Zebulon Los Angeles May 21, 2024 In the end, Pink Floyd was a gigantic rock band. But before that, under founder Syd Barrett, it was a deep and

Jack Skelley

7 Jun 2024 · 2 min read

Musicians Lend A Hand

Chloe, of the Hartford-based band Cvmrats, told stories about deceased friends and the difficulties of being mistaken for a train hopper, but everyone at Cafe Nine on Tuesday night

Brian Slattery

5 Jun 2024 · 1 min read

Open Mic Pigs Out On Talent Surplus

Open Mic Ortlieb’s 847 N 3rd St. Philadelphia May 29, 2024 There I was, pigging out on hot dogs, listening to the Viagra Boys, and watching the Phillies move

Nora Grace-Flood

4 Jun 2024 · 4 min read

LA

Screamo? You Wouldn’t Understand

YOUR RENAISSANCE FEST: JEROMES DREAM, LOMA PRIETA, and friends 1720 Los Angeles May 24, 2024 Screamo is a fickle beast often fawned over by the hard-to-please. As a

David Diaz

3 Jun 2024 · 3 min read

New Haven

Stories Told Through Song

The music room in Never Ending Books at 810 State St. was cluttered but homey. A collage of brightly-colored abstract art and painted records decorated the walls, which were

Eleanor Polak

3 Jun 2024 · 1 min read

Natural Wonders: Red Dirt, Bluegrass & Heartbreak With Three Tulsa Songwriters

Kalyn Fay, Justin Bloss, Mallory Eagle Belafonte Tulsa May 24, 2024 Belafonte is like your cool friend’s house, a west Tulsa gem of a venue just off Charles Page

Jennie The Lloyd

2 Jun 2024 · 3 min read

New Haven

Piaget Crashes Tha Cataclysm

Armando Acevedo clicked on a file from his phone. He unrolled a taped-together 10-page scroll. He started rapping the printed lyrics, summoning the insights of a noted 20th

Paul Bass

31 May 2024 · 1 min read

It Must Be Love Or Madness

Madness The Fox Theater 1807 Telegraph Ave., Oakland May 23, 2024 If you ever thought your middle-aged years weren’t meant for raising hell, just say to hell with

Robin Lapid

28 May 2024 · 3 min read

Pearl Jam Won’t Back Down

PEARL JAM: DARK MATTER TOUR with DEEP SEA DIVER Kia Forum Inglewood May 22, 2024 I, a regular concert frequenter, have never encountered anything like the novelty I experienced at

A.J. Urquidi

28 May 2024 · 3 min read

New Haven

“Gunge, I Am The Slime”

Best Video Film & Cultural Center was alight on Friday night with movies, music, and general merriment. Three acts — Dan Soto’s Natural Fool, Katy Pinke, and Sallow Friend — performed

Eleanor Polak

28 May 2024 · 1 min read

Philly Band Brings Silly, Essential Queer Resistance Music To Tulsa

Philadelphia’s HIRS Collective With Hissom And Diced The Whittier Bar Tulsa May 15, 2024

CARL ANTONOWICZ

26 May 2024 · 1 min read

Like The Devil’s On Their Back: The HIRS Collective’s Heavy, Silly, Essential Queer Resistance Music

The HIRS Collective With Hissom And Diced The Whittier Bar Tulsa May 15, 2024

CARL ANTONOWICZ

24 May 2024 · 1 min read

The Mountain Comes Alive With Music

Powder Ridge Mountain Park and Resort Press Conference Middlefield, Conn. May 5, 2023 What do you do at a place like Powder Ridge when there’s no snow on the

Jamil Ragland

24 May 2024 · 4 min read

LA

Bittersweet Wednesday Recollections

WEDNESDAY with DRAAG The Bellwether Los Angeles May 17, 2024 My mid-twenties were a strange time. I was perpetually poor, carless (and soon, following a theft from the side

David Diaz

24 May 2024 · 2 min read

Music Al Fresco: There’s A New Sound in Town

Tracy Cruz AMP Lunch and Listen Franklin Square 2204 Broadway Ave. Oakland May 15, 2024 The midday sun was bright and strong, but thankfully Franklin Square in Uptown Oakland was

Sarah Bass

23 May 2024 · 3 min read

Julia’s War Fest Plays Hooky

Hooky at Julia’s War Fest Ukie Club 847 N. Franklin St. Philadelphia May 19, 2024 Two-person indie electronica band Hooky adapted their lo-fi recorded tracks for live

Nora Grace-Flood

21 May 2024 · 5 min read